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Abstract
Members of the queer community have faced stigma and discrimination. Bisexual people,however, experience stigma from heterosexual people as well as prejudice from gay men and
lesbian women. As a result, bisexual people are marginalized within their stigmatized group.
Compared to heterosexual people, experiences of stigma can negatively affect the health
outcomes for members of the queer community. Since bisexual people experience stigma from
heterosexual people and marginalization from gay men and lesbian women, their mental health
outcomes might be different from other groups within the queer community due to their identity
as bisexual people. Understanding the health outcomes associated with being a member of the
queer community, and being bisexual specifically, becomes an exploration of stigma and identity
processes, as it is identification with specific groups within the queer community. Thus, I
examine the effect of marginalization and stigma on identity, belonging, and mental well-being.